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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional container covers lack accurate water flow measurement and fail to provide timely drinking water reminders, leading to erroneous data during cleaning and inadequate user hydration management.
Innovation Solution
A container cover equipped with a flow sensing transducer, orientation transducer, cover opening transducer, and reminder device, along with a control circuit board and power supply module, to accurately measure water consumption and provide reminders when necessary.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If conventional measurement solutions are arranged on the container, then water flow measurement is enabled, but the production of the container becomes extremely complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The measurement system is segmented from the container body and integrated into the container cover instead. The cover becomes an independent functional module containing all sensing components, allowing the container body to remain simple for production while the cover handles the complex measurement functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The container cover acts as an intermediary component between the user and the container body. By placing the measurement system in the cover rather than the container, the patent mediates the complexity away from the main container structure, simplifying production while maintaining measurement capability.
2Measurement precision
If conventional measurement solutions are arranged on the container, then water flow measurement is enabled, but erroneous monitoring data occurs during cleaning
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary detection of water presence at the drinking port before triggering measurement. The flow sensing transducer is positioned to detect water only when it reaches the drinking port, which preliminarily confirms actual drinking occurrence before data is recorded, preventing erroneous data during cleaning operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses feedback from multiple sensors (cover opening transducer, flow sensing transducer, orientation transducer) to verify drinking conditions before recording data. This multi-layer feedback mechanism ensures that measurement data is only generated when all conditions confirm actual drinking, eliminating false data during cleaning.
3Measurement precision
If water level sensors are used in the container cover, then water flow measurement is attempted, but accurate identification of user's drinking water volume cannot be achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces conventional water level sensors with a combination of flow sensing transducer and orientation transducer. Instead of mechanically measuring water level, the system uses electrical sensing to detect water presence at the drinking port and combines this with orientation data to calculate actual drinking volume, achieving accurate measurement that water level sensors cannot provide.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the measurement parameter from static water level to dynamic water flow detection combined with container orientation. By detecting when water reaches the drinking port and combining this with the container's tilt angle, the system calculates the actual volume dispensed, providing accurate drinking water volume measurement that simple water level sensors cannot achieve.
4Measurement precision
If multiple transducers and control systems are added to the container cover, then accurate drinking water measurement and reminders are achieved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple functional components (flow sensing transducer, orientation transducer, cover opening transducer, power supply module, control circuit board, and reminder device) into a single integrated container cover assembly. This consolidation achieves accurate drinking measurement and reminder functionality while containing the complexity within a unified modular structure rather than distributing it across multiple separate components.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Accurately determines water intake and provides timely reminders to ensure adequate hydration, enhancing user management and reducing erroneous data collection.
Implementation Method 1
a flow sensing transducer provided in the sealed accommodation cavity and corresponding to the drinking water passage, and configured to sense whether or not water reaches the drinking water passage
Implementation Method 2
an orientation transducer provided in the sealed accommodation cavity and configured to sense a tilt angle of the container cover when drinking water
Implementation Method 3
a cover opening transducer provided between the cover body and the cover cap, and configured to sense whether the cover cap is open
Data Source
AI summary
A container cover relating the technical field of smart water cups is provided. The container cover includes a cover body provided with a drinking water passage, wherein an upper side of the drinking water passage is a drinking port; a cover cap provided on an upper side of the cover body; an inner cover provided on a lower side of the cover body, wherein a water outlet connected to the drinking water passage is provided in the inner cover, and a sealed accommodation cavity is formed between the inner cover and the cover body; a cover opening transducer provided between the cover body and the cover cap; and a flow sensing transducer, an orientation transducer, a power supply module, and a control circuit board provided in the sealed accommodation cavity.